Everything about being a parent intrigued me and motivated me to do further research. My courses on human development and parenting were fabulous. In fact most of my classmates were educators taking a relatively easy course to complete their credits towards graduation. With a very simple curriculum, the most complicated part was to fulfill the [...]
Archive for the ‘6. History’ Category
9. Stop the world.
Posted in 6. History, PadRes Techniques, tagged child rearing, children, education, learning, liliana medina, love, motherhood, pareting, pareting techniques on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
6. “Don’t worry, be happy”.
Posted in 6. History, tagged caregivers, children, fathers, liliana medina, love, mother, Parenting, single parenting on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That semester I started to analyze everything that concerned parenting practices. It was the second half of the 70′s. I used to observe mothers singing lullabies with canvas baby carriers that opened like fans, listened to them asking their kids to behave in the supermarket, preparing them vegetarian burgers and fruit yogurt, watched daddies carrying [...]
5. S.O.S..
Posted in 6. History, Uncategorized, tagged children, decisions, families, family, growing up, latin, liliana medina, love, mom, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, single parent on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just graduated in June from High School, with a newborn baby in my arms in November and on the verge of beginning my university in January, I wondered how I would do to educate and be educated. I had a wonderful Christmas and felt very happy while I prepared myself for a new year full [...]
4. Carousel.
Posted in 6. History, tagged children, families, family, growing up, latin, liliana medina, love, mom, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, single parent on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This revolving door of human events becomes sometimes an amusing carousel. It is in fact what happens upon each entrance and its respective exit, that life and its lessons are carried out linking and giving form to our human trajectory. The entrances are always welcomes, hopes, investments, challenges, curiosity, new opportunities. The exits are farewells, [...]
3. IN and OUT.
Posted in 6. History, tagged children, families, family, growing up, latin, liliana medina, love, mom, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, single parent on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life is a succession of entrances and exits. From the mere moment of conception to that last instant in which we leave the human plane and speaking as a Christian we enter the celestial mansion. Entering the parenting workforce means and endless list of entrances and exits to the hospital, house, schools, church, stores, parks [...]
2. Pink blankets and pink slips.
Posted in 6. History, tagged educacion, education, family, latin, liliana medina, madre, mother, Parenting, single parent, woman, Women on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After that day in the hospital I remained under contract. This baby girl cared little for the fact that I had neither the experience nor the education needed to fill this position. My schedule would be 24/7/365, and for now I must report every 3 hours, adjustments would be made according to her needs. Something [...]
1. Position Available: Mom
Posted in 6. History, tagged children, families, family, growing up, latin, liliana medina, love, mom, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, single parent on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My adolescence culminated on a Monday in November in a hospital room with a baby girl in my arms. Those big eyes searched only for me. Only my warmth was familiar to her. It seemed like someone had told her: Listen, this person that had you in her belly will take care of you. Her [...]
